Web 2.0: what is it?
Web 2.0 is not just technologies but also an idea which underpins some of this work.
Sites, services, apps: what the…?
A key aspect of 'web 2.0' is to stop thinking of the web as a collection of sites. There are sites, yes, but some of those sites offer services and applications, especially involving interactive collaborative content generation and management. And, while a 'site' might technically exist for some apps and services, they are not designed to be 'a website' - for example, gmail operates through 'the web' and could be presented as a 'site' but really, it is a service, based on mail application.
Uses of the technology
One of the uses of these technologies will be to create a series of Net Studies website publications through which student work will become 'online knowledge'.
However, we also need to find and assess other places - not controlled by us - which students can (with appropriate guidance) use. There are two main sorts:
- publishing locations (old-fashioned websites) whre students can contribute in their own right, but in a manner that involves some kind of submission of work, moderation etc, or at least new forms of it (e.g as found on Wikipedia).
- knowledge networking locations (new 'sites') where students 'do' knowledge work, to a greater or lesser extent in public.
tech issues
One of the technological issues here is the end of the LMS
